And she's off....

9 months!

If it's possible, Adisyn is getting cuter and cuter each day. On 9/16 she started actually giving kisses -when you make the kissing sound, she does it right back to you. She is really comfortable waving "hi" and "bye" and she even says "ba" when she waves. When she is upset, or just wants my attention, she says "ma".

Since Adisyn is moving around a lot more, she is able to play a little more with her friends. She really likes Sunday School. When we bring her into her class, she waves "hi" to her teacher and I sit her down on the floor with the toys and where the other kids are and she just picks up a toy and starts playing. I don't think she cares that we leave because she's becoming so comfortable with it.

One afternoon Hunter, from across the street who's a month and 1/2 or so older than her, came over while Adisyn was playing in the front yard and he was crawling and climbing everywhere. Adisyn was mesmerized by him crawling all over the front lawn and she wanted to do it too! She gets on her hands and knees, rocks, then dives forward (which she's been doing since about 9/15.) She wants to be able to move so much! She is able to stand on her own for a couple of seconds (about 8) and she rather "walk" around holding onto our hands than crawling. She has found that she can now get around in her walker. At first she was only able to go backwards, but now she's getting better at going forward as well. She loves being outside and I put her in her walker so she can explore on her own. She loves to watch the dogs run around! She is also able to sit on her "bike" and push herself across the floor. Adisyn is really loving her new found independence.



It wasn't until 9/29 that she officially started crawling!

Then, just one week later she got a lot quicker:

On September 22nd Adisyn went to her 1st birthday party for her friend McNeill, who turned one. Adisyn really seemed to like it - she played on the floor with Jefferson, got to say hi to McNeill, visited other children who were at the party and played with a balloon for the 1st time (which was really cute). We noticed she is very sociable - she waved at everyone who we saw for the first time. Not everyone waved back, but if they did, she would smile and wave even more!

Adisyn & McNeill at her birthday

At Adisyn's 9 month check up she weighed 15 lbs 5 oz, 26 inches long with a 17 inch head circumference. Dr. Jack said she's doing well and she's right on track! This month her new foods were: kale, yogurt, broccoli, apples, Cheerios, and yogurt bites. She is getting too small for her size 2 diapers and fits good into her size 2 shoes now. She's growing fast and is definitely on the move!